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wow- pretty smart and witty for 13… and people say that the school systems dont work…
zoos- in florida there is something called butterfly world. I do not know where it is, but it is amazing- you can walk in a building where the butterflies can roam freely and even land on you…
Charles R. Darwin: he joined a few days ago & went MI recently!!!!
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Sadly most of the zoos I have been to in the US are outdoor non-enclosed zoos which feature two-legged vilde chayes. There is an enclosed zoo in DC called Congress which has 400 and something 2 legged behemas when it is in session.
Or as we used to say before Giuliani – the most dangerous vilde chayes in the Bronx Zoo have 2 legs.
2 legs? Are you referring to the birds exhibit?
Charles R. Darwin: change your name & then we’ll help ya pal!!!
Must be the flamingos, squeak
I know! The pink ones especially! They are soooo scary.
Itzik- got a kick outta that one
charles- is this the only thread you post under this screen name? dafka to get at us?
I’m confused, charles d. What exactly are you asking?
charles R. darwin: you actually call the ideas of darwin a different hashkafa??? come on man!!!
Charles R. Darwin: it’s 100% apikorsus!!!! get a life man!!!!
… and then they say that I’M not frum. at least i believe in GOD!
yeah cuz that’s so possible. you warp the concept of God and limit His abilities and then you wanna be considered a believer? you’re messed up.
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There have certainly been some attempts to reconcile the Darwin theory of evolution with Torah. There are also misunderstandings of the Darwin theory that make it seem as if human beings descended from the apes whereas I believe that the theory only posits that man and the apes have a common ancestor (some have mistakenly identified a species called Homo inferioris alsharptonis as this ancestor but this is not possible as said species has only a physical resemblance to a human being )!
However, the theory is full of holes. Darwin himself said he could not explain the human eye – which is really a huge flaw considering how important the eye is to any being and to the ecosystem.
It also tries to take out the G-dliness of creation chas vesholom. Yes, it is very convenient to believe that the tiger and the zebra have the fur patterns that they do because both species need to hide in the grass, one to hunt and the other to avoid being hunted.
Yet, those patterns are not all that effective – the creatures would be far better served with far duller patterns. And no matter what, the zebra ends up becoming prey, and the tiger does not have to hide in the grass when it wants to knock off a water buffalo or an unsuspecting villager.
Those 2 creatures, and others like them, look the way they do because Hashem shows His power of creating beauty through nature. (Never mind flowers and other fauna, the patterns of which show no particular “evolutionary” need).
The only possible value of the theory of evolution is that until Moshiach reveals the secrets of creation, some scientists apparently look to so-called evolutionary mechanisms of cells to devise antibiotics and anti-malignancy drugs. Yet, again, the first antibiotic was revealed in what non-believers call a fortunate accident and what we should see as hashgocho protis.
And social evolutionism is plain nonsense which flies in the face of Torah and in its worst form leads to systems such as Naziism.
ames – you don’t wanna accept loshon hora? be my guest. but don’t be stupid.
darwin – do i sound like the type to label people? my question is, how can you be frum if you don’t believe that God is IT? because if He’s limited in any way that the whole torah is garbage. which would mean you don’t have to keep anything.
maybe i’m backwards but at least i have the base. you have the cream without the cake.
Speaking of being not frum, just wondering who it is here that’s not frum.
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oh anonymisss but he davens and keeps shabbos and wears a white shirt. i don’t so i must be the not frum one, right?
my point exactly.
moish, I’m really not sure. Doing those things don’t necessarily make one frum, although they may appear to be frum.
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yeh tell me about it. just from experience: the guys who still wear white shirts are the WORST. (i mean from the guys hanging out)
either the conversation returns to Zoos or we will be closing another thread today.
Thank you.
yay the zoo is funnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!(wheen i was like 7yrs old!!!)
I hate zoos:(
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you really like animals? go horseback riding.
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Asd and anonymiss – pls see my earlier post regarding what Rav Ovadia Yosef shlit”a (may he continue to enjoy good health ad bias hagoel) has to say about visiting the zoo. When I go I don’t spend much time though – I head quickly for the bear, tiger and lion exhibits and then to find a weird looking primate for meshane habriyois. I spent perhaps 30 minutes at the Bronx Zoo and most of that was walking.
Which area of the world, charles ?
CRD – I think google will be a better option for your zoo search than YWN.
hey Darwin, the mods might not want this here so we may need to take it to another thread, but you never answered my question. you planning on it or do you like to cop out?
Charles R. Darwin: bronx zoo, staten island zoo, ny aquerium………any help to ya??
Darwin, you asked us to suggest places you would enjoy? I can think of many. All of them are under bridges. Because that is where you will find…
Trolls.
Philadelphia zoo is a good one….even though don’t like zoos but yeah!
I remember the jerusalem zoo (going back yrs) had the elephants walking aroung!!! So cool!
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SyrianSephardi, did the elephants try to take everyone’s wallets and handbags and then empty the money out? If so that wasn’t the zoo, that was Knesset and those weren’t elephants, those were politicians!
some really nice zoos on the west coast….just don’t get too close to the tigers.
Itzik: LOL, nope 🙂 REAL elaphants, made my brother cry haha
Ames: haha that’s really funny! We went this past pesach for my 2 year old brother but after a while it gets boring, its so long!!
kiruvwife, I too, think that the Japanese guy got off easy.
Charles R. Darwin: ahhhhhh your back!!!!!!
ames, be nice
moish- why in heaven’s name should ames be nice to charles retarded darwin??
are you nice to the guerilla stalking you in an alleyway?
The Torah states: those that are nice to evil people will become evil
Asdf, squeak, ames- we need to form an anti-darwin coalition
areivimzehlazeh: ok i’m so in!!!
areivim, charles isn’t evil, he’s just dumb. there’s nothing wrong with being nice to the poor guy.
moish01: your right moish!!!! i’ll be nice to the poor guy!!!!
charlie, did you get your answer yet on the best zoos? cause this thread has been going for a month already. or should i say kol hakovod that you didn’t give up??
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